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"A Long Stretch of Prairie": How May Watts Led the Effort to Turn an Abandoned Railroad into a Shared Nature Path A stretch of land in Chicago's western suburbs that once felt the rumble of passing trains now carries the steady footsteps of walkers and the spinning wheels of cyclists. Long before rail trails became a familiar feature in both urban and suburban land...

Long before rail trails became a familiar feature in both urban and suburban landscapes, an abandoned railroad corridor west of Chicago inspired an idea that would quietly reshape how people moved through and experienced nature. to.wttw.com/4tHpLq1 #RailsWTTW

Racial Justice Issues Open submenu Find Resources Open submenu State Support Open submenu Donate Toggle Search Open Menu Report Dismantling White Supremacy Turning Point USA: A case study of the hard right in 2024 Turning Point USA logo surrounded by flames. Share (Open dialog with sharing options) May 22, 2025 Rachael Fugardi Several weeks after the 2024 presidential election, Charlie Kirk, founder and president of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), proudly embraced a white nationalist conspiracy theory while celebrating then-President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportation. Kirk accused Democrats of embracing immigration as part of their plot to secure voters, permit crime and enact the “great replacement.” He warned his hundreds of thousands of listeners, “We native born Americans are being replaced by foreigners.” He then promised Trump will “liberate” the country from “the enemy occupation of the foreigner hordes.” Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA is a well-funded, hard-right organization with links to Southern Poverty Law Center-identified hard-right extremists and a tremendous amount of influence in conservative politics. While the group was previously dismissed by key figures within the Republican National Committee (RNC), Trump attended several TPUSA events across the country throughout 2024, and several of his nominees have ties to the organization. Turning Point Action, the group’s sister 501(c)(4) organization, led Trump’s 2024 campaign efforts in key battleground states and played a vital role in the election of far-right candidates in Arizona, while TPUSA participated on the advisory board of Project 2025, a blueprint to radically reshape the federal government. 2024 Year in Hate & Extremism Over the last several years, the political right has increasingly shifted toward an authoritarian, patriarchal Christian supremacy dedicated to eroding the value of inclusive democracy and public institutions. The political right in the U.S., whose party infrastructu…

One of two reasons the far right HATES SPLC is that they called out Charlie Kirk's increasing radicalism over time.

But under the fungibility argument DOJ is relying on in indictment, TPUSA could be charged for January 6, which Biden's DOJ did not do.

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Stephen Miller is essentially suing to make it illegal to say the Great Replacement theory is dressed up Nazism.

Karine Jean-Pierre and Jen Psaki held an average of almost 4 White House press briefings a week under Biden.

Karoline Leavitt is averaging less than one a week under Trump.

Something something about the most transparent administration in history.

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Immigration Agent Is Charged With Assaulting a Colorado Protester The officer faces a misdemeanor charge after an encounter in Colorado, becoming one of the few federal agents to be prosecuted by local officials during the immigration crackdown.

An immigration officer in southwest Colorado who was caught on video grabbing a protester by the hair and hurling her down an embankment last October was charged with assault and criminal mischief on Tuesday, the local district attorney said. nyti.ms/4cYcXpF

Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.

(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

Philip Bump: How recent is America's past? Things that Americans think of as having long ago were, in fact, within the lifespans of most of us.

The thing about Palantir’s cultural chauvinism is also the thing about the anti-woke rejection of the effects of explicit racism. In each case, the victors often cheated — and not even a lifetime ago.
Gift link:
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Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings

So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out

Multiple oil spills are visible from space after Iranian and US-Israeli strikes hit oil facilities and ships in the region, with experts warning of an impending environmental catastrophe. https://cnn.it/3Ovxzwk

Perhaps they already tried with the laundry fire.

#01208842361 in United States v. Ethan Nordean (D.C. Cir., 23-3159) – CourtListener.com AMICUS FOR APPELLANT BRIEF [2169455] filed by Representative Jamie Raskin [Service Date: 04/17/2026 ] Length of Brief: 2,092 Words. [23-3159, 23-3160, 23-3161, 23-3162] (Sher, Justin) [Entered: 04/20/...

Jamie Raskin has filed briefs supporting his motions for the court to appoint an amici to contest vacating the convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Here's the Proud Boys version ...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service Contact Congress today!

If you haven’t done this yet, please do—it only takes a second, and it’s super important!!

"Trump ended free trade for Mexican tomatoes. Prices are up 23 percent in the last year." reason.com/2026/04/17/t...

Agencies in talks with Trump, family to resolve $10B lawsuit over tax leaks President Trump and his family are suing federal agencies over leaks of their tax information. Court filings say they’re in talks to find a solution instead of heading to trial.

that beep beep beep sound you hear is the president and his family backing a truck up to the US treasury...

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The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

The FBI responded with a statement, attributed to Patel: “Print it, all false, I’ll see you in court—bring your checkbook.”

The @theatlantic.com story:

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ICE And The Absence Of Accountability Earlier this month, at the notorious state-run immigration detention facility in Florida dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by state officials, there was another incident.

In Maine, ICE brazenly called their operation “catch of the day.” The banal inhumanity of it all is overwhelming. The deaths, the injuries, the conditions in detention, the brazen disregard for people’s rights, including American citizens. And it’s still happening.
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Trump standing in the Oval Office, just shit his diaper, and is ignoring a guy that just fainted

Just putting this here as a reminder of the day in the Oval Office when Trump forgot his Doctor robe.

'We are missing data': NWS weather balloon changes scrutinized as tornados hit Midwest For much of Monday, the agency didn't anticipate a tornado threat for Kansas City — then five hit that evening. Did a change in weather balloon launches leave forecasters in the dark?

"The Trump administration cut the agency deeply last year, leaving some forecasting offices short-staffed...

“You’re missing data from the Four Corners region, the northern Plains, part of the central Plains, and that’s where the storms were developing,” he said..."

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This really should not be a surprise to anyone. But then I wrote a post in 2024 listing Hungary's influence op as one of the things NOT being covered bc of the 1000th Joe Biden Old story.